Board & Leadership

 

Board Officers


Patrick Wilken

Chairman

Dr. James Cross

President

Barbara Bruser Clark

Immediate Past President

Jayne C. Davis

Vice Chairman

Stephen Zilles

Treasurer

Jeanne Dorward

Secretary

Ruth Uchimura

Vice President

Beatrice Gomory

Vice President

PAST PRESIDENTS
Mrs. Starr Bruce

(1957-1962)

James H. Schwabacher

(1962-1991)

Dr. Jess Shenson

(1991-1995)

Jayne C. Davis

(1995-1999)

Rusty Rolland

(1999-2003)

David S. Hugle

(2003-2007)

Patrick Wilken

(2007-2011)

Donna L. Blacker

(2011-2015)

Carlyn Clause

(2015-2019)

Barbara Bruser Clark

(2019-2023)


PAST CHAIRMEN
James H. Schwabacher

(1991-2006) 

Jayne C. Davis

(2006-2018)

EMERITUS DIRECTORS
Mary Sue Bizzarri
Donna L. Blacker
Peggy Dennis
David Hugle
Dr. Joan B. Kelly
Blanche Germain Streeter
Anita Weissberg

 

Board of Directors


Robert H. Beadle
Adam Arthur Bier
Jennifer Brahm
James Busterud
Camille Chan
Carlyn Clause
Michael Colbruno
The Hon. Marie Bertillion Collins 
George Crow
Michael Darnaud
Aaron Fan
Mary Henderson
Sylvia R. Lindsey
Lindsay MacDermid
Dr. Myron Marx
Donald L. McGee
Robert B. Mison
Carlos Penikis
Dr. Pamela Zell Rigg
Dr. David D. Stein
Carol A. Weitz
Susan York
Dennis Zhang


  BOARD PORTAL  

 

Merola Advisory Council


David Gockley
Susan Graham
Jake Heggie
Speight Jenkins
Martin Katz
Ian Robertson
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon
Deborah Voigt

 

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Each summer, approximately 23 singers, 5 pianist/coaches and 1 stage director are selected from nearly one thousand international applicants to participate in the Merola Opera Program.
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